Course Number: ENG096-001
Course Name: Composition
CRN Number: 35097
Semester: Fall 2023
Department: English
Instructor: Katherine Kuta
Course Description: This writing/reading course is designed for students to work on basic skills and the writing process. The focus will be on the paragraph, the essay, and analyzing readings. Video essays will be incorporated to focus on specific skills and types of essays. Grammar will be interwoven throughout the course based on need. Students will receive a grade of pass or no pass for the class. This class is preparation for English 101 which is a credited class.
Course Number: ENG101
Course Name: ENG 101 W68
CRN Number: 30945
Semester: Fall 2023
Department: English
Instructor: Isaac Ewuoso
Course Description: In online education parlance, this course is synchronous, which means that students need not be online and logged in for live instructions. But students will complete work by the assigned time and date that it is due. I'm looking forward to a great semester and getting to know you as a student writer, reader, learner, and a member of this prestigious college. I'm committed to helping you succeed in this course. The theme of this course is Social Media, Academic, and Rhetorical (SAR) Writing. Reading and writing assignments in this class will challenge us to think about ways we can effectively write and participate in online spaces while navigating the intricacies of social/digital media, finding our voices in college essays and summary responses, and considering the audiences of various written texts to which we respond.
Course Number: ENG101
Course Name: ENG 101 W55 COMPOSITION
CRN Number: 31245
Semester: Fall 2023
Department: English
Instructor: Isaac Ewuoso
Course Description: In online education parlance, this course is synchronous, which means that students need not be online and logged in for live instructions. But students will complete work by the assigned time and date that it is due. I'm looking forward to a great semester and getting to know you as a student writer, reader, learner, and a member of this prestigious college. I'm committed to helping you succeed in this course. The theme of this course is Social Media, Academic, and Rhetorical (SAR) Writing. Reading and writing assignments in this class will challenge us to think about ways we can effectively write and participate in online spaces while navigating the intricacies of social/digital media, finding our voices in college essays and summary responses, and considering the audiences of various written texts to which we respond.
Course Number: ENG101
Course Name: Composition
CRN Number: 33099
Semester: Fall 2023
Department: English
Instructor: Amanda Smothers
Course Description: Through reading, watching, and listening to various texts, including podcasts, this class will examine how we think, talk, and disagree about social justice topics. Students will write well-crafted memoirs, critical responses, comparative analyses, and proposal arguments exploring topical issues to develop important skills in critical thinking, engaging in an ongoing conversation, addressing different perspectives, and articulating nuanced arguments.
Course Number: ENG101
Course Name: Composition
CRN Number: 34143
Semester: Fall 2023
Department: English
Instructor: Meg King
Course Description: Do you need to take both CHM121 and ENG101? If so, enroll in this class! This ENG101 is part of a what is called a ""Learning Community."" In essence, a Learning Community involves two linked classes, in which the professors work together to develop shared assignments and topics of discussion, support students, and foster a collaborative environment. What does that look like? Professors King (ENG101) and Dailey (CHM121) ensure that the assignments for each class overlap and reinforce one another. For instance, ENG101 teaches students how to write a lab report for CHM121. Later in the semester, while studying the conditions that impact the global carbon cycle in CHM121, ENG101 will task students with analyzing the propaganda distributed by climate change denialists and then discuss why scientists need to develop writing and marketing skills in order to combat misinformation. This Learning Community is designed for STEM majors who are required to take both CHM121 and ENG101. When registering for this ENG101, you also need to enroll in CHM121-0L1.
Course Number: ENG101
Course Name: Composition
CRN Number: 35269
Semester: Fall 2023
Department: Interdisciplinary Programs
Instructor: Ana Marie Contreras
Course Description: This First Year Seminar (FYS) Learning Community pairs English composition with FYS, both suggested courses in your first semester as a student. The same group of students take both classes back-to-back building connections and developing successful learning strategies. These classes are co-taught by two faculty who plan connected assignments and create a sense of community to provide support and increase student success in all their classes.
*This learning community meets on campus, but the class will also be live streamed making virtual session attendance possible when students have difficulty getting to campus.
Course Number: ENG101-015
Course Name: Composition
CRN Number: 34556
Semester: Fall 2023
Department: English
Instructor: Meg King
Course Description: Many students find writing to be incredibly difficult and don't feel like they are ""good"" writers. But writing is a skill that can be improved. Over the course of the semester, we will work together to develop crucial skills to improve your writing. For instance, we will create an outline for each essay and then build a quote bank together. Additionally, we will practice creating thesis statements and topic sentences, as well as how to use evidence. In this ENG101 course, we will write four essays (a narrative nonfiction piece, two argumentative essays using evidence from course readings, and an un-essay). None of this sounds very exciting. I know. But I promise to foster a collaborative, supportive learning environment wherein you can thrive. Also, we'll read, talk, and write about all sorts of interesting things! I look forward to seeing you in Fall 2023!
Course Number: ENG102
Course Name: Composition
CRN Number: 31173
Semester: Fall 2023
Department: Interdisciplinary Programs
Instructor: Kurt Hemmer
Course Description: Immerse yourself in the analysis and theories of art as we travel from 1920's Paris to 1970's New York reading about the fascinating lives of those who changed the art world. See for yourself the transformative power of visual representation as we dare to examine what it means to create. Grapple with how artists and art are portrayed in literature and how to examine your own ideas of art through academic discourse. This class is an exploration of the creation and interpretation of visual art through writing and personal engagement.
Course Number: ENG102
Course Name: English 102
CRN Number: 33611
Semester: Fall
Department: English
Instructor: Steven Fischer
Course Description: Hello,
I'm Steven Fischer. I have been teaching since 1975, first at the high school level until 2011, and then at the college level since 2009. I have a nice pension from my years as a high school teacher. When the Illinois media talks about teacher pensions that are bankrupting the state, they are referring to me. I do not teach at Harper because I need the money. So, why do I do it?
I still teach because:
- A person can only play so much golf.
- They say that the retirement years should be spent doing things we love, and I still love teaching.
- Teaching at Harper avoids the parts of teaching high school that I hated. (No parents complaining, no administrators looking over my shoulder, no mindless meetings, no students telling me to commit carnal knowledge with myself.)
- I still enjoy the "Aha" experience when students suddenly understand something that they hadn't before.
- I enjoy having an audience that can't leave until the bell rings. (This last item doesn't come from me but from my children's commentary.)
- By the time you reach the end of this course, you will be a better writer because I am a better teacher of writing. You will also be able to hold your own on Jeopardy in the literature and film categories.
English 102 is my favorite course to teach because I get to teach all of my favorite writers and works, and help students understand and appreciate those works and writers while they also learn about the universality of the human condition.
If you look me up on Ratemyprofessor.com, you will see that I require quite a bit of work in the course: five 2-page essays and one ten-page research paper, parts of a rather large textbook, and the reading of one chapter from my favorite novel. However, I also try to make high grades accessible by giving students the first column of their midterm and final exam matching tests as study guides and allowing rewrites on papers for extra credit. Above all, I want my students to succeed.
Welcome. I look forward to spending the next few months with you.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Fischer
Course Number: LIT231
Course Name: LIT231: English Literature to 1800
CRN Number: 35393
Semester: Fall 2023
Department: English
Instructor: Alicia Tomasian
Course Description: This course will take you from Anglo-Saxon literature (which we will read in translation) to Middle English literature (Chaucer), which we will read in Chaucer's original language, and through to modern English (Shakespeare and his contemporaries). We will mark England's development into one country with a national identity and we will mark changing national identities specific to individual monarchs. We will learn about about war lords of the Dark Ages, the mythical King Arthur, and the great battling houses of the War of the Roses. We will delve into the love letters of Henry VIII and the speeches of England's famous Gloriana, Elizabeth I. Indeed, we will examine one period with no monarch at all! We will mark the development of various genres, the rise of drama, the first great personal tell-alls, and the changing role of the author in society. In fact, we will cover nearly 1,000 years of literature! Join us to hang out in bloodstained mead halls, lively medieval taverns, and Shakespeare's fabulous Globe Theatre!||
